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Virgin Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa may eventually become states as well.
. Other insular areas such as the U.S. (disputed — see talk page). There are ongoing statehood movements in Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and New York City. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Although some argue that he depended on a significant amount of uncuntrolable events to happen, that is not the case because as we later learn it was all a recording and he knew before the cops arrived what was going on. The United States Army's Institute of Heraldry has plans for flags with up to 56 stars using a similar staggered star arrangement in case additional states accede.
Even more so than then the previous film, Jigsaw's diabolic "games" require a large amount of planning, causing some film critics to liken his murderous schemes to Rube Goldberg machines.

(For alternate versions, see this page at Flags of the World.)
. Jigsaw is shown, still sitting in Matthew's van, badly beaten but smiling. In the following table depicting the 27 designs of the United States flag, the star patterns for each flag are merely the usual patterns, with the exception of the 48-, 49-, and 50-star flags, as there was no official arrangement of the stars until the proclamation of the 48-star flag by President William Howard Taft in 1912. Matthews, chained to a pipe, is left in the room alone only with the light from his flashlight and his gun now just out of reach. By the same reports, this arrangement was rejected due to similarity to the British flag. "Game over," she says, iterating Jigsaw's catchphrase. He reportedly originally wanted the stars arranged in four bands, one vertical, one horizontal, and two diagonal. Matthews then watches helplessly as Amanda closes the door on him.

Another popular theory is that the flag was designed by Francis Hopkinson. In a series of flashbacks we understand why Jigsaw was happy to sit back while Matthews tore his work up and see that Amanda was the one who brought Daniel back to be placed in the safe. Comparisons between the 2 flags support Fawcett's suggestion. Playing the tape, Matthews learns that Amanda has become Jigsaw's protégé and has now taken his place. The British historian Sir Charles Fawcett has suggested that the design of the flag may have been derived from the flag and jack of the British East India Company. When Matthews wakes up, he finds an audio cassette player lying next to him. However, no evidence for this theory exists beyond Ross' own records. He had been there already when the SWAT team came into the building and found Jigsaw, two hours earlier; had Matthews followed the rules to Jigsaw's "game", he would have found his son "in a safe, secure place" just as Jigsaw had told him.

A popular story credits Betsy Ross for sewing the first flag from a pencil sketch by George Washington who personally commissioned her for the job. The timer in the room at Wilson Steel expires and a safe across the room opens to reveal Daniel, wearing an oxygen mask, weary but alive. flag design is uncertain. The attacker removes the mask, it is Amanda. The origin of the U.S. Matthews drops to the floor. The flag flew in battle for the first time at Cooch's Bridge in Delaware on September 3, 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. He approaches cautiously, but the person inside, wearing the same animal mask from the first film, leaps up and stabs him in the leg with a syringe.

Before that, the admission of Alaska in January 1959 prompted the debut of a short-lived 49-star flag. Matthews gets into the darkened bathroom, and sees someone lying in the bathtub. Heft's design was chosen, after Hawaii gained statehood in August 1959. A shot of a syringe here explains how Daniel has survived the exposure to gas. The most recent change, from forty-nine stars to fifty, occurred in 1960 when Robert G. Meanwhile Detective Matthews enters through a back door, finds the open trapdoor and goes down to search for Daniel. July 4, Independence Day in the United States, commemorates the founding of the nation. We now know how Jigsaw was able to say 'I haven't looked at the monitors for a while but I assume [Daniel] is still sitting in a corner...'.

When the flag design changes, the change always takes place on July 4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as a consequence of the Flag Act of April 4, 1818. For Kerry and the movie audience it turns out that, as mentioned above, the images on the monitors, shown in the movie in parallel with the events filmed by the video cameras, were not a live feed, but were showing a recording of earlier events, and that the broadcast location where the SWAT team has arrived is not the location where the events have taken place. It was the 15-star, 15-stripe flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star-Spangled Banner," now the national anthem. While the SWAT team enters what they and Kerry assume to be the same house, Kerry is watching the monitors, confused that the cameras aren't showing them in the house. It was ultimately decided that there would be a star for each state, but the number of stripes would remain at thirteen to honor the original colonies. He moves in to kill Amanda, Daniel suddenly jumps forward, crushing Xavier's ankle and, using the hacksaw from the first movie, slits Xavier's throat, killing him. As further states entered the union, extra stars and stripes were added until this proved to cause too much clutter. Xavier, now insane from the poison, takes his knife and slices a section of skin off the back of his neck.

Initially, a variety of designs were used, including a circular arrangement (below), but gradually a design featuring horizontal rows of stars emerged as the standard. Amanda tells Xavier that Daniel is dead and that if he kills her, he won't be able to find out the number on his own neck. The Flag Resolution did not specify any particular arrangement for the stars. Lawrence Gordon's severed foot are still there, in a state of advanced decay and covered with fungus and mold. Tradition holds that the new flag was first hoisted in June of 1777 by the Continental Army at the Middlebrook encampment. The bodies of Adam and Zep, and Dr. On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed the Flag Resolution which stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." Flag Day is now observed on June 14 of each year. He follows them, cornering them in the infamous bathroom from the first movie.

Since 1937, the District of Columbia has used a flag based on this design. They go through the hatch just as Xavier breaks through. The red-and-white stripe (and later, stars-and-stripes) motif of the flag may have been based on the Washington family coat-of-arms, which consisted of a shield "argent, two bars gules, above, three mullets gules" (a white shield with two red bars below three red stars). Amanda pushes aside the safe, revealing a trap door underneath. The Grand Union Flag is the same as the East India Company flag of the same era, although the East India Company flag could have from 9 to 13 stripes. Amanda and Daniel retreat to the first room as Xavier tries breaking through the door to get at them. This flag formed the basis of the Stars and Stripes, consisting of 13 red and white stripes with the British Union Jack in the canton. He finds the dead bodies of the victims littered throughout the rooms.

This flag was initially flown by George Washington and is recorded as being first raised by Washington's troops at Prospect Hill on New Year's Day in 1776. Matthews gets inside, still believing that the video images were live. At the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, the most commonly flown flag was the Grand Union Flag. Jigsaw gives Matthews the key to get inside. The current 50-star version will tie the record if it is still in use on July 4, 2007. Jigsaw shows Matthews the house in which the events has taken place. The 48-star version holds the record, 47 years, for the longest time the flag has gone unchanged. Almost immediately after this, the police finally locate the broadcast location of the video feed and take off for that location.

The flag has gone through 26 changes since the new union of 13 states first adopted it. Without telling his team, Matthews leaves with Jigsaw in his van. According to Presidential proclamation, Congressional order, and custom, the American flag is displayed continuously at the following locations:. Xavier reads her number and leaves her to die in the contraption. According to the New York Public Library Desk Reference:. She discovers too late that the blades are arranged similar to a Chinese finger trap, preventing her from removing her arms once inside; the edges dig deeper into her flesh the harder she pulls. the Philippines, also use this method to fold their flags. On the underside of the box are two holes just wide enough to put one's arms through, once pushed past the blades covering them.

Former American territories, e.g. While pursuing Amanda and Daniel, Xavier comes across Addison who has fallen victim to another of Jigsaw's contraptions - a glass box suspended from the ceiling that contains an antidote. The final triangle shape result is said to invoke the image of the three-point hats popular during the American Revolutionary War. She goes back to rescue Daniel. Flags, when not in use, should be folded into a triangle shape. Amanda finds Jonas's body and realizes Xavier means to kill them all. Instead, the flag should be moved so it is not touching the ground. The effects of the toxin are starting to become more severe, and Laura succumbs to the nerve gas.

Contrary to a commonly believed urban legend, the flag code does not state that a flag that touches the ground should be burned. Addison finds a picture concealing a photo of Daniel and Matthews together, marked "Father and son"; this may make the others hate Daniel for being the son of the cop who framed them all. In other countries and places, local etiquette applies. He kills Jonas by hitting his head with a club with large nails sticking out, and then goes after the others. jurisdiction. These numbers are supposed to be the combination to the safe in the first room which holds an antidote. This etiquette is as applied within U.S. The different colors represent colors of the rainbow and putting them in the order of the rainbow will unlock the safe.

These are guidelines, not laws; there is no penalty for failure to comply with them. It's in the back of all your minds.". There are certain guidelines for the use and display of the United States flag as outlined in the United States Flag Code of the federal government. In the house, for the movie audience seemingly meanwhile, Xavier has snapped and is trying the kill his fellow captives to retrieve the different colored numbers written on the back of their necks (the answer to Jigsaw's cryptic clue "You all possess the combination. According to Heft, his teacher did keep to their agreement and changed his grade to an "A" for the project. Savagely beaten and battered by Matthews, Jigsaw utters his "Game over," catchphrase and finally agrees to take Matthews to the house, but only if he can take him alone. Heft's flag design was chosen and adopted by presidential proclamation after Alaska and before Hawaii was admitted into the union in 1959. After growing tired of listening to Jigsaw and helplessly watching one captive after another die while the timer runs down, Matthews finally snaps and unleashes his rage on the old man.

After discussing the grade with his teacher, it was agreed (somewhat jokingly) that if the flag was accepted by Congress, the grade would be reconsidered. Daniel helps Amanda out of the pit. He originally received a "B-" for the project. The door's timer expires, sealing the door forever. His mother was a seamstress, but forced Heft to do all of the work on his own. He races to the lock but fumbles with it. He was 17 years old at the time and did the flag design as a class project. Stabbed with dozens of needles, Amanda finally finds it and gives it to Xavier.

The current 50-star flag was designed by Robert Heft in 1958 while living with his grandparents in Ohio. Xavier grabs Amanda and throws her into the pit, yelling at her to dig through them to find the key. It gives the colors by reference to "Standard Color Cards of America" maintained by the Color Association of the United States, Inc., as. The message says a key is in the pit that will open a door concealing another antidote. According to Flags of the World, the colors are specified by the General Services Administration "Federal Specification, Flag, National, United States of America and Flag, Union Jack," DDD-F-416E, dated November 27, 1981. Daniel pulls back a sheet to reveal a pit full of syringes. Presumably E and F are approximations of 7/130 = 0.0[538461], and G and H are approximations of 0.76/12 = 0.06[3]. On the tape, Jigsaw condemns him for his life as a drug pusher and states that if he wants to escape, he must wallow in the filth that he made others wallow in.

The specification gives the following values:. Forcing open a door into another room, the captives find another tape, this one marked for Xavier. The design of the flag is specified by United States Code title 4, chapter 1, section 1 [1]. Henceforth, Jigsaw resolved to test the human ability to overcome great suffering in order to save his or her life. A book about the flag published by the Congress in 1977 gives further symbolism for the flag:. However, Jigsaw survived the suicide attempt, despite severe injuries. ^{[USGov 4]}. Through a series of flashbacks, Jigsaw is revealed to be a terminal cancer patient, who attempted suicide by driving his car of a cliff.

Reid suggested that the number of stripes be set at thirteen to represent the original 13 colonies and that only the number of stars be set to the number of states. Matthews is on the verge of cracking, but decided he has no other choice but to hear Jigsaw out. Naval Captain Samuel C. All the while, the timer is ticking away in the room with the monitors. During the debate that eventually resulted in the Flag Act of 1818, U.S. The game is simple, he just has to sit with Jigsaw--by himself--and listen to what he has to say. However, this became unwieldy as states were added to the union. The Jigsaw killer insists that Matthews has to play a game to save his son.

Originally, both the number of stripes and the number of stars were supposed to represent the number of states. Obi is burned to death before they can get him out, and both antidotes are lost. Thomson. Obi climbs inside to retrieve them, the door closes and the furnace ignites. Rather, the meanings were a matter of contemporary fashion and personal preference on the part of Mr. Laura finds another door which leads to the basement, with another tape marked for Obi which reveals how he had assisted Jigsaw to get the others in the house and explaining that there are two antidote syringes inside a large furnace in the room. Meanings were attached to the colors (which, contrary to popular misinformation, is not part of any of the rules of heraldry). The terrified captives begin to explore the house.

However, on June 20, 1782, Charles Thomson, the secretary of the Continental Congress, gave a report to the Congress defining the new Great Seal of the United States. Amanda reveals to the others that she has had to play one of Jigsaw's games before, and pleads with them that they have to follow his "rules". When the Second Continental Congress proposed the Flag Resolution on June 14, 1777, there was no particular symbolism attached to the colors or their arrangement on the flag. The gun discharges into Gus's eye, killing him. Some groups concerned by these actions have proposed a Flag Burning Amendment that would give Congress the authority to outlaw burning the flag in disrespect or protest. The lock is rigged to fire a gun pointing directly at the eyehole. Burning the flag has also been used as a deliberate act of disrespect (flag desecration), at times to protest actions by the United States government, or sometimes in displays of anti-Americanism overseas. The key has a note warning them not to use it to open the door in the room, but Xavier ignores the message, and turns the key in the lock while Gus looks through the eyehole.

Then the three pieces are typically placed on a pyre as "Taps" is played. Amanda, (a survivor from the original film) breaks through a loose section of a brick wall in the room they found themselves in, and finds a key and a tape recorder containing a taped message from Jigsaw explaining their predicament: they have been exposed to a deadly toxic nerve gas (specifically sarin, which Jigsaw himself references as having been used in the real-life gas attack on the Tokyo Subway) and will die within 2 hours unless they find the antidotes that are hidden around the house (they are given the clue that they all have the combination to the safe in the back of their mind, and that the combination can be found "over the rainbow"). The flag is cut into three pieces: first a horizontal cut is made between the seventh and eighth stripes, then a vertical cut separating the star field from the seven shorter stripes. The story switches to the captives in the house. The approved method of destroying old and tattered flags consists of burning them in a simple ceremony. The police also believe this. Declaration of Independence. However, by showing those images in parallel with the events filmed by the video cameras, the movie suggests that it is a live video feed.

Perhaps most of all they see it as a symbol of individual and personal liberty like those put forth in the U.S. The images on the monitors are not a live feed, but are showing a recording of earlier events. Constitution and its Bill of Rights. He later notices that all other seven are people he has framed for crimes they did not commit. They have seen it as representing all of the freedoms and rights guaranteed in the U.S. On one of the monitors, Matthews sees a room with eight people forced to play Jigsaw's latest game; among them is Matthews's own son, Daniel. citizens, their flag symbolizes many things. As they start to take him away, he directs Matthews and the others to an adjoining room, which contains several monitors showing various rooms of a house, along with an electronic timer counting down from 2 hours.

To many U.S. Very ill due to his advanced stage cancer, he offers no further resistance as the SWAT team handcuffs him. war dead. After some of the accompanying SWAT team fall prey to one of Jigsaw's booby traps, they find Jigsaw. On Memorial Day it is common to place small flags by war memorials and next to the graves of U.S. After his initial reluctance, his former partner, Kerry, finally convinces him to join the team entering the building to arrest Jigsaw. Many institutions, and some homeowners, display the flag year-round, while some reserve flag display for civic holidays like Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, Presidents' Day, Flag Day and the Fourth of July. Detective Matthews is called to the scene, as the deceased was his informant, and discovers a message scrawled on the ceiling which reads, "Look Closer, Detective Matthews." Matthews spots an engraving on the metal contraption, and believes he knows where Jigsaw is - the Wilson Steel building.

. The terrified man fails to extract the key in time and is killed. flag is described as "A banner Gules, 6 bars Argent; the canton Azure charged with 50 mullets Argent.". As he gets up from the chair, he triggers a timer built into the device. In blazons (a vexillological description using flag terminology), the U.S. A scalpel has been left for the man to carve the key out from his eye socket, if he chooses to do so. The United States flag is commonly called the "the Stars and Stripes" or "Old Glory," with the latter nickname coined in 1831 by Captain William Driver, a Salem, Massachusetts shipmaster. The TV cuts to the man lying on an operating table with a shadowy figure standing over him, as Jigsaw tells him (and an x-ray photo confirms) that the key to unlock the device has been implanted behind his eye.

The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies. When the timer goes off, the device will snap closed, impaling the man's head with several sharp nails lining the inside of the device (like an iron maiden). The flag of the United States consists of 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white, with a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars. Jigsaw's recorded message tells the man that as punishment for being a police informant, spying upon and betraying others, and for not appreciating life, he has to play Jigsaw's "game". Rectangle of stars: 48, 35, 30, 28, 24, 20. A nearby TV turns on, showing the familiar "clown" figure Jigsaw employed in the first film. Chessboard pattern: 51, 50, 49, 45, 15, 13 (standard). A device is secured around his neck.

No symmetry: 43. The film starts off with a man waking up alone, seated in a chair in a grungy, sealed room. Both, hence also point symmetry: 50, 48, 46, 45, 44, 37, 36, 34, 33, 32, 28, 26, 24, 20, 15, 13 (standard).
. Symmetry with respect to vertical axis: 51, 50, 48, 46, 45, 44, 37, 36, 35, 34, 33, 32, 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 21, 20, 15, 13 (standard and Betsy Ross). . Symmetry with respect to horizontal axis: 50, 49, 48, 46, 44, 38, 37, 36, 34, 33, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 20, 15, 13 (standard). Darren Lynn Bousman took over the directing duties of the film, and also co-wrote the story's script with Leigh Whannell, the original film's co-writer.

It is assumed however that Apollo 11's flag was knocked down by the force of return to lunar orbit. It was released in most parts of the world on October 28, 2005, but not released in Australia until November 17, 2005. In addition, the American flag is presumed to be in continual display on the surface of the Earth's Moon, having been placed there by the astronauts of Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16, and Apollo 17. Saw II is the sequel to the 2004 horror/splatter/thriller film Saw. By custom, at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Deadwood, South Dakota. Made for only $4 million, Saw 2 grossed over $116 million worldwide, which includes $87 million in the United States. By custom, at the United States Capitol since 1918. One of the posters for the upcoming Scary Movie 4 (2006) parodied the "close-up on severed fingers" poster for this film.

By custom, at the plaza in Taos, New Mexico, since 1861. Following the film's opening weekend gross of $31.5m, Lions Gate Films commissioned Saw III (which is scheduled to be released on October 27, 2006). By custom, at the Worcester, Massachusetts war memorial. The entire movie was shot in 25 days. By custom, at the home, birthplace and grave of Francis Scott Key, all in Maryland. The whole film was shot in one building. Washington Camp Ground, part of the former Middlebrook encampment, Bridgewater, New Jersey, Thirteen Star Flag, by Act of Congress. The original poster was used for most other countries, however.

First raised July 4, 1917.[2]. A new poster was produced, still using the fingers but not explicitly showing that they're severed. Mount Slover limestone quarry (Colton Liberty Flag), in Colton, California (Act of Congress). In August 2005, the MPAA rejected the poster for Saw II which used two severed fingers to resemble "II" in the movie's title. Grounds of the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge State Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania (Public Law 94-53, approved July 4, 1975). Tagline: Oh yes...there will be blood.. By order of Richard Nixon at United States Customs Service Ports of Entry that are continuously open (Presidential Proclamation No.4131, May 5, 1972). Donnie Wahlberg as Erick Matthews.

4064, July 6, 1971, effective July 4, 1971). Emmanuelle Vaugier as Addison. (Presidential Proclamation No. Shawnee Smith as Amanda. Flags are displayed continuously at the Washington Monument, Washington, DC. Glenn Plummer as Jonas. Fifty U.S. Tony Nappo as Gus.

The White House, Washington, DC (Presidential Proclamation No.4000, September 4, 1970). Beverley Mitchell as Laura. Lexington, Massachusetts Town Green (Public Law 89-335, approved November 8, 1965). Dina Meyer as Kerry. 3418, June 12, 1961). Erik Knudsen as Daniel Matthews. United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima), Arlington, Virginia (Presidential Proclamation No. Franky G as Xavier.

Flag House Square, Albemarle and Pratt Streets, Baltimore, Maryland, 15-star/15-stripe flag (Public Law 83-319, approved March 26, 1954). John Fallon as Video Techie. 2795, July 2, 1948). Tim Burd as Obi. Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Maryland, 15-star/15-stripe flag (Presidential Proclamation No. Tobin Bell as John/Jigsaw. flag.

Only the United Nations flag and a Navy chaplain's church pennant may be flown higher than the U.S. In a display of multiple flags, the American flag should be at the center of and above the other flags. Capitol flies over the body in session (House or Senate) and remains there, lit, day and night. The flag at the U.S.

When the flag is completely folded, only a triangular blue field of stars should be visible. The triangular folding is continued until the entire length of the flag is folded in this manner. Turn the outer end point inward, parallel to the open edge, to form a second triangle. Make a triangular fold by bringing the striped corner of the folded edge to meet the open top edge of the flag.

Fold the flag again lengthwise with the blue field on the outside. Fold the lower half of the stripe section lengthwise over the field of stars, holding the bottom and top edges securely. To properly fold the flag, begin by holding it waist-high with another person so that its surface is parallel to the ground. It should not be lowered into the grave.

When used to cover a casket or coffin, the flag should be placed with the union at the head and over the left shoulder. flag is otherwise flown at half-staff (or half-mast, on ships) when directed by the President of the United States or a state governor. The U.S. The flag is to be flown at half-staff in mourning for designated, principal government leaders.

On Memorial Day, the flag is displayed at half-staff until noon and at full staff from noon to sunset. The flag is to be raised again to the peak for a moment before it is lowered. To place the flag at half-staff (or half-mast, on ships), hoist it to the peak for an instant and lower it to a position half way between the top and bottom of the staff. The salute is directed to the flag, if displayed, otherwise to the music.

When the national anthem is played or sung, citizens should stand at attention and salute at the first note and hold the salute through the last note. The Pledge of Allegiance should be rendered by standing at attention, facing the flag, and saluting. Members of organizations in formation salute upon command of the person in charge. Citizens not in uniform salute by placing their right hand over the heart and men with head cover should remove it and hold it to left shoulder, hand over the heart.

Those in uniform give the appropriate formal salute. To salute, all persons come to attention.